HRS §322-1
Health department must find and remove health hazards
The health department and its agents must look into things that could harm public health or the environment, like bad smells, dirty water, or sources of disease, on land or on boats. If they find a hazard, they must stop it, clean it up, or remove it.
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The statute, as written — Prevention; abatement; destruction; removal
The department of health and its agents shall examine into all nuisances, such as foul or noxious odors, gases or vapors, water in which mosquito larvae exist, sources of filth, and all causes of sickness or disease, on shore, and in any vessel, which may be known to them or brought to their attention, that in their opinion are dangerous or injurious to public health or environmental health, or both, and into any and all conditions created or existing that cause or tend to be dangerous or injurious to public health or environmental health, or both, and shall prevent, abate, destroy, or remove the nuisance or condition that causes a nuisance. [PC 1869, c 59, §9; am L 1911, c 111, §1; am L 1915, c 96, §1; RL 1925, §923; RL 1935, §1310; RL 1945, §2701; RL 1955, §47-1; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §19; HRS §322-1; am L 2004, c 44, §23; am L 2013, c 269, §1; am L 2025, c 73, §3]
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